Evelyn C. Pielou Evolution and Ecology

Biologist: Invented mathematical ecology

The Story

Pielou was a Research Scientist for the Canadian Dept. of Forestry (1963-64), Research Scientist at the Dept. of Agriculture (1964-67), and Professor of Biology at the Queen's University, Kingston (1968-71). She became a professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1974-81) and was the Oil Sands Environmental Research professor at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta (1981-86). She contributed significantly to the development of mathematical ecology, the mathematical modeling of natural systems.